What years did Roger Bresnahan play?

Roger Bresnahan played in Major League Baseball from 1897 to 1915.

Was Roger Bresnahan a pitcher?

Both. Roger Bresnahan pitched in 9 games, going 4-1 with a 3.93 ERA, but spent most of his career as a Catcher.

How many home runs did Roger Bresnahan hit?

Roger Bresnahan hit 26 career home runs with 1252 hits.

Is Roger Bresnahan in the Hall of Fame?

Yes. Roger Bresnahan was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945.

Roger Bresnahan

Catcher · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1897-1915)

⭐ Hall of Fame 1945

AVG .279

HR 26

RBI 530

H 1,252

OPS .764

PIV 18,191

Position: Catcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'9" / 200 lb
Born: 6/11/1879 in Toledo, OH, USA
Died: 12/4/1944 in Toledo, OH, USA
MLB Debut: 1897-08-27
Last Game: 1915-10-03
Hall of Fame: Inducted 1945 (BBWAA)

Full name: Roger Philip Bresnahan

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Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,446	4,481	682	1,252	218	71	26	530	212	714	403	.279	.386	.377	.764	18,191

Career AVG .279 vs. league average .257 across their career seasons — +8.8% above league average.

Career OBP .386 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — +21.2% above league average.

Career SLG .377 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — +12.2% above league average.

Career OPS .764 vs. league average .655 across their career seasons — +16.5% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1897	WAS	NL	6	16	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	.375	—	—	—	—	0.0
1900	CHN	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1901	BLA	AL	86	295	40	79	9	9	1	32	10	23	33	.268	.271 (-1%)	.326 (-1%)	.359 (+3%)	.686 (+1%)	4.3
1902	BLA	AL	65	235	30	64	8	6	4	34	12	21	16	.272	.266 (+2%)	.321 (+5%)	.343 (+19%)	.665 (+12%)	453.9
1902	NY1	NL	51	178	16	51	9	3	1	22	6	16	26	.287	.266 (+7%)	.321 (+9%)	.343 (+13%)	.665 (+11%)	453.9
1903	NY1	NL	113	406	87	142	30	8	4	55	34	61	45	.350	.261 (+34%)	.316 (+40%)	.345 (+42%)	.662 (+41%)	3375.3
1904	NY1	NL	109	402	81	114	22	7	5	33	13	58	40	.284	.246 (+15%)	.300 (+27%)	.321 (+28%)	.622 (+27%)	2107.9
1905	NY1	NL	104	331	58	100	18	3	0	46	11	50	21	.302	.248 (+22%)	.307 (+34%)	.322 (+16%)	.629 (+25%)	1775.2
1906	NY1	NL	124	405	69	114	22	4	0	43	25	81	43	.281	.247 (+14%)	.307 (+36%)	.315 (+13%)	.622 (+24%)	2430.1
1907	NY1	NL	110	328	57	83	9	7	4	38	15	61	26	.253	.245 (+3%)	.304 (+25%)	.308 (+16%)	.613 (+21%)	1478.0
1908	NY1	NL	140	449	70	127	25	3	1	54	14	83	33	.283	.240 (+18%)	.298 (+35%)	.306 (+17%)	.605 (+26%)	2613.0
1909	SLN	NL	72	234	27	57	4	1	0	23	11	46	19	.244	.244 (avg)	.306 (+21%)	.312 (-14%)	.618 (+3%)	402.5
1910	SLN	NL	88	234	35	65	15	3	0	27	13	55	17	.278	.249 (+11%)	.317 (+32%)	.326 (+12%)	.644 (+22%)	1204.6
1911	SLN	NL	81	227	22	63	17	8	3	41	4	45	19	.278	.266 (+4%)	.336 (+20%)	.356 (+30%)	.693 (+25%)	1127.8
1912	SLN	NL	48	108	8	36	7	2	1	15	4	14	9	.333	.268 (+24%)	.335 (+25%)	.358 (+29%)	.694 (+27%)	535.3
1913	CHN	NL	69	162	20	37	5	2	1	21	7	21	11	.228	.259 (-12%)	.325 (avg)	.345 (-12%)	.670 (-7%)	-113.1
1914	CHN	NL	101	248	42	69	10	4	0	24	14	49	20	.278	.255 (+9%)	.322 (+25%)	.339 (+3%)	.661 (+14%)	868.3
1915	CHN	NL	77	221	19	45	8	1	1	19	19	29	23	.204	.250 (-19%)	.318 (-7%)	.332 (-21%)	.651 (-14%)	-409.1
Career · 18 seasons			1,446	4,481	682	1,252	218	71	26	530	212	714	403	.279	—	—	—	—	18,308

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
4	1	9	6	3	1	0	50.3	68	22	1	15	15	3.93	315.0

Career ERA 3.93 vs. league average 3.40 across their career seasons — 15.7% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1897	WAS	NL	4	0	6	5	3	1	41.0	52	18	10	12	3.95	4.30 (+8%)	315.0
1901	BLA	AL	0	1	2	1	0	0	6.0	10	4	4	3	6.00	—	0.0
1910	SLN	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.3	6	0	1	0	0.00	—	0.0
Career · 3 seasons			4	1	9	6	3	1	50.1	68	22	15	15	3.93	—	315

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
5	16	3	5	2	0	0	1	4	0	.312

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1905	WS	NY1	5	16	3	5	2	0	0	1	4	0	.312

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	718	2199	348	639	12	268	.291
Away	723	2257	334	607	14	255	.269

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Away	3	9.2	16	4	5	3	3.72

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
1915-10-03	CHC	STL	W	2	0	1	0	0	1
1915-10-02	CHC	CIN	W	4	1	1	0	2	0
1915-09-28	CHC	CIN	W	3	0	1	0	0	0
1915-09-24	CHC	PHI	L	1	0	0	0	1	0
1915-09-23	CHC	PHI	L	3	0	0	1	0	0
1915-09-22	CHC	NY1	L	3	0	1	0	0	0
1915-09-21	CHC	NY1	L	4	1	2	0	0	0
1915-09-15	CHC	BSN	W	3	0	0	0	0	0
1915-09-14	CHC	BSN	L	3	0	1	0	1	0
1915-09-07	CHC	STL	W	2	0	0	0	0	0

Last 3 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1910-08-03	STL	BRO	—	3.2	6	1	0	1	0
1901-09-04	BLA	CLE	—	3.0	4	0	0	0	2
1901-04-30	BLA	MIN	L	3.0	6	8	4	4	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	33	14	283	22	17	6
2B	28	9	33	49	5	7
3B	42	3	41	75	21	4
C	974	527	4309	1195	167	96
OF	281	141	454	47	26	18
P	9	0	2	12	1	1
SS	8	3	16	16	4	6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1897	WAS	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1897	WAS	P	6	0	2	7	0	0
1900	CHN	C	1	0	0	0	0	0
1901	BLA	2B	2	0	9	2	1	1
1901	BLA	3B	4	0	2	3	0	0
1901	BLA	C	69	0	199	63	23	3
1901	BLA	OF	8	0	9	1	2	0
1901	BLA	P	2	0	0	2	1	0
1902	BLA	3B	30	0	33	55	12	4
1902	BLA	C	22	0	67	22	5	0
1902	BLA	OF	15	0	26	3	5	0
1902	NY1	1B	4	0	41	3	2	1
1902	NY1	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1902	NY1	C	16	0	85	22	5	4
1902	NY1	OF	27	0	29	6	2	1
1902	NY1	SS	4	0	9	9	4	2
1903	NY1	1B	13	0	101	9	7	4
1903	NY1	3B	4	0	3	12	3	0
1903	NY1	C	11	0	46	11	5	1
1903	NY1	OF	84	0	150	14	6	6
1904	NY1	1B	10	8	83	8	5	0
1904	NY1	2B	1	0	0	1	0	0
1904	NY1	3B	1	1	0	0	2	0
1904	NY1	OF	93	91	151	14	8	9
1904	NY1	SS	4	3	7	7	0	4
1905	NY1	C	87	86	492	114	19	15
1905	NY1	OF	8	7	11	1	0	0
1906	NY1	C	82	81	407	125	14	6
1906	NY1	OF	40	40	71	6	3	2
1907	NY1	1B	6	6	58	2	3	1
1907	NY1	3B	1	1	1	3	2	0
1907	NY1	C	95	93	483	94	8	11
1907	NY1	OF	2	2	5	2	0	0
1908	NY1	C	139	139	657	140	12	12
1909	SLN	2B	9	9	11	25	2	6
1909	SLN	3B	1	1	2	2	2	0
1909	SLN	C	59	53	211	78	12	3
1910	SLN	C	77	75	295	100	16	11
1910	SLN	OF	2	1	1	0	0	0
1910	SLN	P	1	0	0	3	0	1
1911	SLN	2B	2	0	2	3	1	0
1911	SLN	C	77	0	325	102	14	9
1912	SLN	C	28	0	138	49	5	4
1913	CHN	C	58	0	194	67	10	2
1914	CHN	2B	14	0	11	18	1	0
1914	CHN	C	85	0	365	113	11	6
1914	CHN	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0
1915	CHN	C	68	0	345	95	8	9

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	9
Catcher	972
First Base	35
Second Base	22
Third Base	43
Shortstop	8
Left Field	18
Center Field	230
Right Field	42

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
1911	Baseball Magazine All-Star	C1
1909	Baseball Magazine All-Star	C3
1908	Baseball Magazine All-Star	C

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1914	Most Valuable Player	NL	11th	6.0	64	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Roger Bresnahan

What years did Roger Bresnahan play?: Roger Bresnahan played in Major League Baseball from 1897 to 1915.
Was Roger Bresnahan a pitcher?: Both. Roger Bresnahan pitched in 9 games, going 4-1 with a 3.93 ERA, but spent most of his career as a Catcher.
How many home runs did Roger Bresnahan hit?: Roger Bresnahan hit 26 career home runs with 1252 hits.
Is Roger Bresnahan in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Roger Bresnahan was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945.